Response #1 According to ex-nihilo “good is present in all things.” There is nothing that is created that is apart from God. So everything that is created has God’s fingerprints. Rowan Williams says that, “each one of us is already in relationship with God before we’ve ever thought about it. It means that every object or person we encounter is in a relationship with God (Pg. 35).” God designed every organism and every person; and if this organism is living then God is living in it.
(Heb. 6:1 faith is the substance of things hope for and the evidence of things not seen. I would answer the Axiological question by saying, “God is the creator of the for universe.” Not only does he creates everything, he is everything. So that means because God is of value, we are of value too.We have to always keep God center. (Exodus 20:3 You shall have no other Gods me.)
Christianity Worldviews Origin-Genesis 1:1 shows God creating the heavens and the earth in the beginning. Christianity affirms that “God is the infinite, personal (triune), transcendent and immanent, omniscient, sovereign and good being who created the universe.” (James Sire, The Universe Next Door, p.23, 26). To say that God is infinite is to say that He is a necessary Being and there was never a time when God did not exist. God is transcendent in that He is not part of the creation, but separate from it. However, He is also immanent, in that He cares for His creation, enough to reveal Himself to mankind.
5. Persistence When somebody is predestinated for salvation, nothing he does can change that actuality. The Puritans emphatically trusted, that God intervens effectively in their lifes. They trusted that God is available in each human activity and regular marvel. Henceforth, nothing happens by chance except for everthing happens intentionally.
He states that someone can easily substitute God or final reality for fairies, if the outcome is the same. There is no compulsory argument in favor of one or the other. It’s all ‘between our ears’. James did have deep respect for religion that enriches the human life; he believed that all cultures turn to a god (or gods). There is said to be no compelling rational argument to be found either against or for the existence of God, but James believed there to be some sort of God for everyone because he studied the effects of people involved in religion and people who were not.
As the most perfect being, God must exist. According to this statement Descartes, is stating that God must exist because he is the most perfect being, meaning he has numerous attributes such as being eternal, and never having the need or requirement to alter or change in anyway because he is already in a state of perfection and has attained from existence therefore does not need the transformation of change to become somewhat “better” or have the desire of improvement as being God already has those attributes in essence to who he is. Furthermore this goes to say that God must attain exist existence as the idea/concept or understanding of existence is perfection, and God is all purely a perfect being and has all the attributes that define perfection, hence he must hold the attribute of existence. Another idea according to Descartes is that out of knowledge of God is innate. His four premises lead to the one conclusion that “God therefore exists eternally.
This is why God created a universe fit for human life, and why he laid down guidelines for how to live our lives. According to Christianity, each one of us is created for communion with God; God wants to know us, to love us, and to rejoice with us. Examples in the Bible are Proverbs 19: 21 and Ephesians 3: 20. The most basic principle of the Christian moral life is the awareness that every person bears the dignity of being made in the image of God. He has given us an immortal soul and through the gifts of intelligence and reason enables us to understand the order of things established in his creation.
This tells us that regardless of differing religions, all experiences originate from the ultimate reality and act as proof for the existence of God. Lastly, there is pragmatism. James was a pragmatist and therefore believed that truth is not fixed. It alters as our values change. From looking at the
There is a relatively strong connection to God in this book and many people during this time period believed in God. I bring this up because it was believed that God is the supreme creator of all things including the human race. It would therefore be horrendously inconceivable to challenge God and attempt to do something that would show that a mortal can have power equal to that of God. Next, regardless of how an individual comes into being it the duty of the creator to be there to nurture and care for the creature they have brought into the world. The world is a cruel place, even to those who are normal, but to someone who is different, as we see in the book, there
And last but not least, why are personal testimonies important in sharing the gospel? As we continue in this reflection paper, these three topics will be addressed. And not only addressed but we will learn to of credit all of the knowledge to the power of God. In recognizing the power of God, we learn more about who we are in Christ. And as we learn who we are in Christ, we will be driven by the power of God.